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[quote=Anonymous]Mom of HS DD and MS son who have been doing summer swim team since age 6.  All that is said about the volunteer load is true.  Be ready to volunteer some because you shouldn't expect everyone else to do everything for your kid.  It is annoying to be officiating my 4th meet in 3 weeks while the same one or two parents read the paper and sip their coffee at every meet.   But, it's acceptable to ease in your first year.

Although it is a time suck, summer swim team it is by far one of my kids' favorite experiences.  It is the only youth activity my kids have been in in which they interact with kids significantly older than them.  And then before you know it, your kid is a leader carrying around a 7 year-old on his or her back. Seeing a group of kids every summer that you don't see during the year is such an important "touch point" for my kids.  They have summer friends who are not in their regular circle and don't even go to their school.  That sort of expansion of your social circle helps alleviate the toll social drama takes. Summer ST is also a great way to keep tweens and teens that really age out of camp by age 14 busy in the summer.  Many lifeguard and do ST.

I agree that to get the most out of it, a sitter for 3-4 weeks and a break from camps would be great.  You could consider hiring a college student that can drive your kid to practice and then let them hang at the pool and do "staycation" activities instead of heavily scheduled camps every week of summer.  The summer swim team summer is a throw back.  It's insanely intense for kids that are in camp full-time.  Some certainly do the evening practices.  But most of those kids don't last more than a few years (I'm sure there are exceptions).  The kids that love summer ST are either not in camp every week or are too old for camp.[/quote]

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